Multiferroic Thin Film Composite of Pb(Zr0:52Ti0:48)O3 and Co-50%Fe Alloy

magnetoelectric composite composed of PZT as a piezoelectric material and Co-50%Fe as a magnetostrictive alloy was produced. The Pb (Zr0:52Ti0:48) O3 (PZT) layer was deposited on a magnetic alloy via sol gel spin coating and Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) processes. The results show that the sol gel prepared PZT lm exhibits a single perovskite phase, but the sample prepared using, the PLD method, is susceptible to creating a pyrochlore phase. The prepared PZT lms demonstrated good dielectric properties and have large potential applications in multifunctional devices. Based on acceptable electrical and magnetic properties «r of 894 and magnetostriction coefficient of 70  10􀀀6, it seems that these samples will have also good magnetoelectric properties.